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Billionaires

Van Life - Road Trips During The COVID-19 Pandemic

Can Art Save Main Street? Some Small Towns Are Staking Their Futures On It

Billionaire Darla Moore, who grew up in Lake City before building a Wall Street fortune, has invested millions in transforming her hometown into a year-round arts destination.
By Daniel Grant
A reclining nude figure with pale skin lies curled against a richly patterned, dark decorative background filled with gold tones and organic motifs, suggesting a sensual, dreamlike scene.

What to Watch in Sotheby’s Masterpieces From the Lewis Collection Sale

British billionaire Joe Lewis's trove of museum-quality 20th-century works is expected to bring in between £150 million and £200 million, potentially making it the most valuable single-owner collection ever sold in the U.K.
By Christa Terry
Man in suit and woman in black and white dress pose atop green stairs

The Met Gala Is Entering Its Billionaire Era With Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez

Jeff Bezos’ honorary chair role ignites debate over whether the Met Gala is becoming dominated by tech wealth and influence.
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

72 Hours of Art in Salt Lake City: Museum Hopping, Spiral Jetty and Sculpture on the Slopes

By Christa Terry
The Association For Frontotemporal Degeneration 10th Annual Hope Rising Gala

Flowers, Fuchsia and Emma Heming Willis’s New Philanthropic Fund: Inside AFTD’s 2026 Hope Rising Benefit

By Olivia Empson
Headshot of man with beard wearing dark blue shirt

The Executive Who Sells Cryonics to the Ultra-Wealthy Chasing Immortality

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

The First Jim Irsay Collection Sale Sets 23 World Auction Records

By Christa Terry

Old Master Grandeur and Modern Patronage Converge at the 2026 Norton Museum of Art Gala

By Christa Terry
A silhouetted figure stands facing a large, colorful painting in a dark room, representing the intimate and opaque relationship between the viewer and the artwork in the elite art market.

Filmmakers Andreas Dalsgaard and Christoph Jörg Unpack the Art World’s Biggest Scandal

By Brittany Rosemary Jones
A man sits on a gray bench in a museum gallery, with framed Dutch Golden Age paintings displayed on pale blue walls behind him.

Meet the Collector: Thomas S. Kaplan On Auctioning His First Rembrandt

By Elisa Carollo
A cavalry soldier on horseback charges forward with a raised pistol, leading a group of mounted troops galloping across an arid plain under a bright blue sky, with his horse rearing and mouth open mid-motion.

Billionaire Bill Koch’s Western Art Collection Gallops Past Estimates at Christie’s

By Christa Terry
Man in suit stands on stage

Bill Gates Calls US Aid Cuts a ‘Paradox’ Amid Historic Global Health Progress

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Close-up of a weathered bronze statue with visible cracks, peeling paint, and a pink bandage on its cheek, set against a cloudy sky.

The New Tech Nationalists: Silicon Valley’s 2025 Power Play

By Lindsey Brock Morales
Lucy Guo attends as Passes presents Lucypalooza 2024 during LA Tech Week on October 16, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California.

Meet Lucy Guo, the New Youngest Self-Made Woman Billionaire Dethroning Taylor Swift

By Shreyas Sinha
A stylized collage featuring Bill Gates at the center, radiating golden rays amid floating hundred-dollar bills. Around him stand other billionaire philanthropists—MacKenzie Scott, Melinda French Gates, Warren Buffett, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Alexandr Wang, Evan Spiegel—rendered in desaturated or grayscale tones. The image captures the tension between glowing public generosity and the more opaque structures of modern wealth.

The Big Givers Club

By Vasilisa Kirilochkina
A man wearing a white sweater and yellow pants stands smiling in front of three illuminated digital art displays in a dark gallery space. The artworks feature futuristic, colorful, and surreal 3D scenes encased in glass-like structures.

Edward Zeng Is Building a Tech-First Art Foundation to Confront What Comes Next

By Elisa Carollo
Man in glasses and black suit

Bill Gates Says His Foundation Will Spend Down 99% of His Fortune and Close by 2045

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Modern luxury ping pong table with hidden paddle drawer in a high-rise waterfront residence, featuring panoramic ocean views and contemporary art.

Inside the Billionaire’s Game Room: Why the Ultra-Rich Are Spending Millions on Play

By Michael Zaretsky and Bernard Semerdjian
Photo of rocket launching from ground site, next to building reading 'SpaceX'

4 SpaceX Milestones to Watch in 2025: Starship, a Company Town and Trump Policies

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Woman with dark hair pictured against pink wall

How Much MacKenzie Scott Gave Away Each Year Since 2019

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Two mannequin-like figures lie motionless in a large black frame on the floor. To the right, a bold red wall features framed artwork, including close-ups of lips, a circular text-based piece, and smaller surrealist portraits.

Transcendent Materialist Philosophy: Art Collecting as Pathology at Arter in Istanbul

By Matt A Hanson
Man in black shirt speaks into microphone on podium

Who Is Jared Isaacman, the Billionaire Private Astronaut Tapped to Lead NASA?

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

Here’s How Much Elon Musk Companies Grew in Value in 2024

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
An illustration of mathematics formulas

Billionaire Trader Alex Gerko Is Betting on A.I.’s Promise in Mathematics

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
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